Iran’s protests: What we know
Iran has been rocked this week by protests that started in Tehran and have spread to other cities, with at...
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Yemen separatists say Saudi-backed forces to deploy in seized territories
A surprise STC offensive seizing resource-rich Hadramawt and Mahra has pushed the UAE and Saudi Arabia, officially allies in Yemen,...
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New Palestinian leaders needed after Gaza war: opposition figure
Talks are aiming to secure a ceasefire of about six weeks starting between now and Ramadan, which is expected to...
- Kidwa, nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, said talks are seeking not just a pause in fighting but also addressing day-after scenarios
- Behind the scenes they are touching on wider post-war issues such as security, leadership reform, the creation of an independent Palestinian state, he said
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Israeli strike on MSF shelter in Gaza kills two
According to MSF, the attack killed the daughter-in-law and wife of one of their colleagues, and wounded six people, including...
- Israeli troops fired at the building, which was clearly marked with the MSF logo
- The charity said Israeli forces had been informed of the precise location" of the MSF shelter
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Israeli air attack kills two in Damascus, says state media
An Israeli strike on a residential area of Damascus killed at least two people, Syrian state media reported, the latest...
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said that "a Syrian civilian" was killed as well as two foreign nationals.
- An AFP photographer said the strike hit a nine-storey building, with damage centered around the fourth floor and the exterior of building partially blackened.
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Israelis unsure of ‘absolute victory’ in Gaza, finds poll
Jerusalem - Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence the Gaza war will end with Israel achieving "absolute victory", a majority...
- The Israel Democracy Institute think tank said only 38.3 percent of Israelis polled believed there was a "very high" or "fairly high" likelihood of an "absolute victory" in war.
- Some 55.3 percent of respondents conversely said there was a "fairly low" or "very low likelihood" of such an outcome. Just over six percent of the 612 respondents were undecided.
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As truce talks resume in Cairo, people in Gaza suffer from hunger
Heavy fighting rocked besieged Gaza as aid agencies warned of looming famine and new talks were held in Cairo towards...
- Combat and chaos again stalled the sporadic aid deliveries for desperate civilians in Gaza.
- The UN World Food Program said it was forced to halt aid deliveries in north Gaza because of "complete chaos and violence".
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US urges UN court not to order Israel out of Palestinian lands
The International Court of Justice is holding a week of hearings after a request from the UN, with an unprecedented...
- "The court should not find that Israel is legally obligated to immediately and unconditionally withdraw from occupied territory," said Richard Visek, US State Department advisor.
- "Any movement towards Israel withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza requires consideration of Israel's very real security needs," he argued
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Europe’s gas demand at 10-year low, to peak in 2025: report
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia triggered a massive shift by European nations away from Russian natural gas delivered by...
- IEEFA said that European gas demand has declined by 20% since the start of the Russian invasion
- IEEFA noted that rush to build LNG terminals was continuing despite imports holding steady
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Iran oil minister blames Israel for gas pipeline sabotage
Tehran, Iran--Iran said Wednesday that Israel was behind twin sabotage attacks against gas pipelines that disrupted supplies in at least...
- The explosions on February 14 hit pipelines in the cities of Safashahr in the southern province of Fars and Borujen in the southwestern province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.
- The Islamic republic's oil minister Javad Owji told reporters after a cabinet meeting in Tehran that "the explosion of the country's gas lines was the work of Israel"
London court rejects suspending arms exports to Israel
Britain's strategic licensing criteria states that weapons should not be exported when there is a clear risk they could be...
- A coalition of legal advocacy groups had asked the High Court in January to expedite a judicial review of UK government's decision to keep selling arms to Israel
- But the court ruled against the measure, the lawyers said in a statement to AFP on Tuesday, adding that they would appeal the decision
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Pentagon confirms Houthis shot down drone off Yemen
The downing of the drone came the same day that the Houthi rebels targeted two US-owned merchant vessels as they...
- A Pentagon official said the drone was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile
- The Houthis that they had targeted "two American ships in the Gulf of Aden"
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Full occupation of Gaza looms as Israel orders army to execute any decision
The Israeli press, citing officials, has predicted an escalation of operations, including in densely populated areas where hostages are believed...
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Netanyahu says Israel must complete defeat of Hamas to free hostages, secure Israel
Israeli media said the premier was considering ordering the total occupation of the Palestinian territory, with public broadcaster Kan reporting...
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UN experts call for Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to be dismantled
"The GHF ... is an utterly disturbing example of how humanitarian relief can be exploited for covert military and geopolitical...
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UN starts new bid to forge plastics treaty amid ‘global crisis’
Geneva, Switzerland -- Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries...
- Three years of negotiations hit the wall in Busan, South Korea in December when oil-producing states blocked a consensus.
- Key figures steering the negotiations at this new attempt said they were not expecting an easy ride this time, but insisted a deal remained within reach.
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‘Projectile’ fired at Israel from Yemen: Israeli military
Jerusalem, Undefined - A "projectile" fired towards Israel from Yemen was intercepted, but not before air-raid warnings sounded across the...
- "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the IAF," the military posted on social media
- The Houthis, who control the Yemeni capital Sanaa and large swaths of the country, are part of an alliance against Israel established by Iran, includes groups such as Hamas
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Gaza war deepens Israel’s divides, sets friends, families against one another
Hostage families and peace activists want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to secure a ceasefire with Hamas and free the...
- Hostage families and peace activists want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to secure a ceasefire with Hamas and free the remaining captives
- Right-wing members of Netanyahu's cabinet, meanwhile, want to seize the moment to occupy and annex more Palestinian land, at the risk of sparking further international criticism